[LINK] 5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren't There Yet

[David Boxall]

On 10/06/2011 10:51 AM, Ivan Trundle wrote:
> On 10/06/2011, at 9:06 AM, Jan Whitaker<jwhit at melbpc.org.au>  wrote:
>
>> As for ebooks on planes (getting back to the original idea), they
>> won't do for long haul flights. Battery life isn't good enough
>
> eBook readers have changed the landscape somewhat with regard to battery life.
>
> An iPad will run for ten hours even watching movies. Reading books in a dimmer light should make it last much longer.
> ...
Then, of course, e-Ink/e-Paper displays use no power except when 
changing pages. For devices using those display technologies, battery 
life isn't measured in time.

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